This is the homepage of the EAHP, the European Association for Hypno-Psychotherapy within the European Association for Psychotherapy.

Preamble

The European Association for Hypno Psychotherapy (EAHP) is the European umbrella organisation uniting Professional Organisations/Bodies and/or Training Institutes for this modality of Psychotherapy. The EAHP is an organisational member of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) Vienna.

EAHP underlines the aims of EAP to promote high standards of ethics, training and education for the benefit of the general public. The EAP establishes a European Certificate of Psychotherapy Document (ECP Document) to provide guidelines for the procedures and criteria of training and qualifications. EAP endeavours to influence the development and regulation of psychotherapy standards in European countries and the European Union and to make available information and documentation to political organisations and Government Departments.

In February 2004 EAHP gained the status of a European Wide Accrediting Organisation (EWAO) within EAP, what implies that EAHP is competent to recognise Hypnotherapy Training Organisations to ECP-standards, in particular to the four years specific hypnotherapy training.

Basics for Membership

Essential conditions for membership of EAHP are signing and implementation of the following documents:

EAP's 'Strasbourg Declaration of Psychotherapy', in particular item 5: 'Access to training is through various preliminary qualifications, in particular in human and social sciences'.

In practice: access to the EAHP Training Institutes is open not only for medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, but also for sociologists, philosophers, theologists etc and other practitioners with a first university degree / diploma of a higher education as social workers, teachers, nurses, physiotherapists, etc. or equivalent previous education (depending / according to the principles of subsidiarity in the different European countries). After a successful completing of their training in hypno-psychotherapy access is open to membership of the EAHP Professional Organisations/Bodies.

EAHP's 'Egmond / Nelson Declaration of Hypno Psychotherapy', in particular: 'Legitimate hypno-psychotherapeutic aims can be realised without physical contact between therapist and client'.

In practice: All physical contact with clients during a hypno-psychotherapy session must be appropriate and consensual. It should be noted that most legitimate hypno-psychotherapeutic aims can be realized without physical contact between therapist and client.

and: 'Hypno-psychotherapeutic trance can be induced by verbal techniques'.

In practice: Hypno-psychotherapeutic trances can be induced by verbal techniques. All physical techniques such arm drop induction's, anchoring, etc. must be fully explained and client's informed consent given before use.

To be a full/ordinary member of EAHP Training Institutes must realise (among eventually other courses) at least one training to EAHP-standards. Mixed/broader Professional Organisations must attend in a separate section for Hypno-Psychotherapists underlining the mentioned Egmond Declaration.

Diplomas

To stimulate all trainees of the EAHP Training Institutes to complete their study to EAHP training standards and to stimulate more experienced older colleagues to update their old training to these standards, EAHP Training Institutes and EAHP Professional Organisations may nominate persons who meet the present EAHP demands of the 4 years specialistic training for the EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS . This certificate will be issued by the EAHP office.

Practitioners who meet the demands of the 4 years specialistic training of EAHP and who also meet the criteria of their National Awarding Organisation (e.g. NAP: Netherlands Association for Psychotherapy, DVD: Deutsches Dachverband fur Psychotherapie, UKCP: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) concerning previous education and the 3 years Basic Training for Psychotherapy, can apply for the EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY of EAP-Vienna.

The costs of this certificate are € 200,- once, and a yearly fee of € 30,- for registration on the EAP-website (www.europsyche.org).

The Chamber of European Hypno Psychotherapists

Holders of the European Certificate of Clinical Hypnosis and/or the European Certificate of Psychotherapy, may apply for individual membership of EAHP's Chamber of European Hypno Psychotherapists

European Association for Hypno-Psychotherapy,

#7, 23-24 Great James St, London, WC1N 3ES,

Tel: +44 750 6732400,

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